Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.

We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.

I inherited my ability from both parents; my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it.

They lead only as the carved wooden figurehead leads the ship.